did duanedeaver misrepresent himself to the jury? yes. reporter: and there it was. michael peterson s conviction was tossed out. his family was overwhelmed. i was weeping with joy and shock and could not believe that there was hope. i was like, my dad s getting out. we re gonna have our dad back. reporter: for the peterson children, now there was only joy. lots of hugs. lots of happy, happy photographs. so we re all, like, jumping up into the air in a silly picture of just so so happy. reporter: 24 hours after the judge issued his decision sharply criticizing the blood pattern expert s work on the case, 68-year-old michael peterson was released on a $300,000 bond. i imagine you remember the day, hour and date.